The official Instagram page for the Obama White House was apparently hijacked Sunday in a bizarre online takeover that left followers doing a double take.
The account, @obamawhitehouse, suddenly began posting strange content that had nothing to do with former President Barack Obama or his time in office.
One post reportedly featured an AI-generated image with a caption that translated to, “The White House is under Shiites’ control.”
The odd message quickly raised eyebrows online, especially because the account has been mostly dormant for years.
Obama has his own personal Instagram page, but this hack involved the archived official account tied to his White House years.
The hacker also posted Instagram Stories before the unauthorized content was removed.
Meta confirmed to TMZ that the account had been hacked and said it has since been secured. The company also scrubbed the unauthorized posts from the page.
The last legitimate post on the Obama White House account appears to have been from Jan. 20, 2017, the day Donald Trump was sworn in for his first presidential term.
That made Sunday’s sudden burst of strange activity even more alarming for users who noticed the old account suddenly coming back to life.
So far, there is no word on who was behind the hack or why the Obama-era account was targeted.
The bizarre breach adds another strange chapter to the growing list of high-profile social media takeovers, where even inactive political accounts can suddenly become tools for confusion, propaganda, or online chaos.
